Cool subject. I have a friend here in Orillia, Mike Latter, who is a very fine guitar player and songwriter. He breathes so loudly through his nose while playing the instrumental parts that it's darn near impossible to edit out of his recordings...quite a problem.

According to my Taoist health studies (and yoga, etc.) you are best advised not to hold your breath while concentrating on something, because this interferes with rythmic energy flow. There's one kind of situation where you are advised to hold your breath, but that's a Taoist sexual health technique (for men), and I think that I had better not talk about it, because people might get the wrong idea, seeing most of you don't know me too well yet on Mudcat. Anyway, it's kind of outside this particular area of discussion, I'd say.

As for the didgeridoo (how do you spell it?)...I've got a friend, Paul Lagace, who has one, and he plays the bloody thing constantly, driving everyone nuts. We are thinking of shipping it off to Bill Clinton (who would no doubt find some use for it...) or else burning it. Any suggestions?